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'Wreck-It Ralph' claims high score at Annie Awards

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 2:03am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walt Disney's video-game romp "Wreck-It Ralph" has won top animation honors at the Annie Awards.

'Girls,' 'Sugar Man' earn Directors Guild honors

Sun, 02/03/2013 - 12:58am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Girls" star Lena Dunham has won the TV comedy directing prize from the Directors Guild of America, while the musical portrait "Searching for Sugar Man" earned the documentary award.


Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem expecting second child: reports

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 6:39pm

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are expecting their second child, according to U.S. media reports on Friday. The New York Post first reported Cruz's pregnancy, citing unidentified sources. Celebrity magazine Us Weekly and the website of television network E! said sources close to the couple confirmed the news. A source told E! that the "Volver" actress was "around three months" pregnant. Representatives of Cruz and Bardem did not respond to calls for comment. ...


Rooney Mara: I 'Hope' To Make Dragon Tattoo Sequels; Actress Says Daniel Craig Also Game To Return

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 6:31pm
Whatever the reasoning has been for the failure to shoot the follow up to 2011's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," franchise star Rooney Mara says it's not for lack of enthusiasm from the film's cast. Access Hollywood caught up with the 27-year-old beauty at the premiere of her new thriller "Side Effects," where she said she'd love to don Lisbeth Salander's combat boots, piercings and extensive body ink once again.

Expect an early spring, if Pennsylvania's groundhog is right

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 6:28pm

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Punxsutawney Phil, America's most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow on Saturday to the glare of cameras and the cheers of thousands of spectators and offered his annual weather prognostication: An early spring is coming. Each year thousands of fans from as far away as Australia and Russia attend the wildly popular event in this tiny western Pennsylvania town, depicted in the 1993 comedy "Groundhog Dog" starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. ...


Revenge Star Emily VanCamp Lands Captain America: The Winter Soldier Lead (Report)

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 3:45pm
Emily VanCamp is about to take a giant leap from major small screen success to a huge big screen blockbuster franchise. The "Revenge" star, 26, has reportedly landed the coveted female lead role (love interest to Chris Evans' Steve Rogers) in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."

Washington wins 3 trophies at NAACP Image Awards

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 2:12pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kerry Washington was a triple threat at the NAACP Image Awards.


Jessica Simpson's BFF Cacee Cobb & Husband Donald Faison Expecting Child

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 1:51pm

Pregnancy may be more fun the second time around for Jessica Simpson, as the fashion mogul's best friend, Cacee Cobb, is also expecting a baby! Cacee, who married "The Exes" star Donald Faison in December after seven years together (Jessica, whose then-secret second baby bump was already beginning to show, was a bridesmaid at the happy event), has announced she and her husband are expecting their first child together.


Channing Tatum Talks Magic Mike Movie Sequel; Will He Star In Broadway Version?

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 12:59pm

Attention, ladies (and gentlemen!) - Broadway is about to get an oiled-up dose of hot, sexy male strippers. That's right -- according to "Magic Mike" star Channing Tatum -- progress is indeed being made in the quest to bring the story to The Great White Way.


DGA: Another big night for Affleck's 'Argo'?

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 12:15pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's strange awards season continues with another ceremony that could firm up a big Oscar win for Ben Affleck's "Argo."


DGA: Another big night for Affleck's 'Argo'?

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 12:15pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's strange awards season continues with another ceremony that could firm up a big Oscar win for Ben Affleck's "Argo."


Ex-Israeli security chiefs speak out in Oscar documentary nominee

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 9:00am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oscar-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" focuses on Israel, but its director says that all countries can gain insight about the risks that arise if secretive security agencies operate without adequate restraints. In "The Gatekeepers," six former heads of Israeli internal security and intelligence agency Shin Bet reflect on their failures and successes in gathering information on state enemies, orchestrating secret operations and tracking militants. They also offer some unexpected perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Actress Kerry Washington wins big at NAACP Image Awards

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 12:28am

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Kerry Washington was the big winner at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, picking up awards for her roles in the slavery-era Western film "Django Unchained" and television drama "Scandal," as well as a special honor for professional achievement and public service. But on a night that celebrated the successes of artists of color, actor and activist Harry Belafonte struck a somber note when he admonished the black community for failing to speak out in favor of gun control, saying "the group most devastated by America's obsession with the gun is African-Americans. ...


List of winners of the 44th annual Image Awards

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 12:01am
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Washington, Cheadle win early NAACP Image Awards

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 10:19pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kerry Washington was a triple threat at the NAACP Image Awards.


Washington, Cheedle win early NAACP Image Awards

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 10:03pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kerry Washington and Don Cheedle are among the early winners at the NAACP Image Awards.


Sylvester Stallone supports assault weapon ban

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 8:53pm

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Sylvester Stallone says that despite his "Rambo" image and new shoot-em-up film "Bullet to the Head," he's in favor of new national gun control legislation.


Jude Law, Channing Tatum share Super Bowl plans

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 8:51pm

NEW YORK (AP) — British actor Jude Law says he'll be taking part in a time-honored American tradition this weekend: Super Bowl Sunday.


Koch film opens on day of former New York City mayor's death

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 7:54pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Ed Koch once joked that days on which his name did not appear in the newspaper were days without news. And so it seemed fitting that Koch's death on Friday at age 88 came on the very day that "Koch," a documentary that traces his three terms as mayor from 1978 to 1989, opened in two Manhattan theaters. Zeitgeist Films, the distributor, said the film got a lot of attention on Friday, and more than a dozen theaters in the New York area have expressed interest in screening it. ...

Filmmaker cries censorship as Italy political documentary blocked

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 4:37pm
ROME (Reuters) - A British filmmaker said on Friday he was a victim of censorship after a leading museum cancelled the Italian premiere of the documentary "Girlfriend in a Coma", which is highly critical of Italy's political and economic situation. The museum where the film was to have been shown on February 13 cancelled the showing and said it could not be held until after the country's elections on Feb 24-25. ...